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PAUL ELVSTRØM EXPLAINS THE RACING RULES OF SAILING

McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Contents

Chapter One

CONTENTS

Introduction
Definitions
Basic Principles
Part 1 Fundamental Rules (rules 1–5)
Part 2 When Boats Meet (rules 10–24)
Part 3 Conduct of a Race (rules 25–36)
Part 4 Other Requirements When Racing (rules 40–55)
Part 5 Protests, Redress, Hearings, Misconduct and Appeals (rules 60–71)
Part 6 Entry and Qualification (rules 75–81)
Part 7 Race Organization (rules 85–91)

APPENDICES
A Scoring
B Windsurfing Competition Rules
C Match Racing Rules
D Team Racing Rules
E Radio Sailing Racing Rules
F Kiteboard Racing Rules
G Identification on Sails
H Weighing Clothing and Equipment
J Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions
K Notice of Race Guide
L Sailing Instructions Guide
M Recommendations for Protest Committees
N International Juries
P Special Procedures for Rule 42
R Procedures for Appeals and Requests
Protest Form
Race Signals text

ONLINE RULES DOCUMENTS

ISAF has established a single internet address at which readers will find links to all the online rules documents mentioned in the ISAF Rules book. Those documents are listed below. Links to other rules documents will also be provided at that address.

The address is: sailing.org/racingrules/documents.

Changes made to these rules after 1 January 2013 (Ref Introduction)

ISAF Codes (Regulations 19, 20, 21 and 22) (Ref Introduction)

Case Book (Ref Introduction) Interpretation section

Call Books for Match and Team Racing (Ref Introduction)

International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (Ref. Part 2 Preamble, Rule 48)

Interpretations of Rule 42, Propulsion (Ref Rule 42)

ISAF Offshore Special Regulations (Ref Rule 49)

Standard Notice of Race for Match Racing (Ref. App C Preamble)

Standard Sailing Instructions for Match Racing (Ref. App C Preamble)

Match Racing Rules for Blind Competitors (Ref. App C Preamble)

International Radio Sailing Association Addendum Q (Ref. Rule E5.2)

Rules for other kiteboard racing formats and disciplines (Ref. App F)

Up-to-date version of the table of National Sail Letters (Ref. Rule G1.1)

Template for Notice of Race Guide (Ref. App K)

Template for Sailing Instructions Guide (Ref. App L)

Expanded Sailing Instructions Guide (Ref. App LE)

INTRODUCTION

The Racing Rules of Sailing includes two main sections. The first, Parts 1–7, contains rules that affect all competitors. The second, the appendices, provides details of rules, rules that apply to particular kinds of racing, and rules that affect only a small number of competitors or officials.

Revision

The racing rules are revised and published every four years by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF), the international authority for the sport. This edition becomes effective on 1 January 2013 except that for an event beginning in 2012 the date may be postponed by the notice of race and sailing instructions. Marginal markings indicate important changes to Parts 1–7 and the Definitions of the 2009–2012 edition. No changes are contemplated before 2017, but any changes determined to be urgent before then will be announced through national authorities and posted on the ISAF website.

ISAF Codes

The ISAF Eligibility, Advertising, Anti-Doping and Sailor Classification Codes (Regulations 19, 20, 21 and 22) are referred to in the definition Rule but are not included in this book because they can be changed at any time. The most recent versions of the codes are available on the ISAF website; new versions will be announced through national authorities.

Cases and Calls

The ISAF publishes interpretations of the racing rules in The Case Book for 2013–2016 and recognizes them as authoritative interpretations and explanations of the rules. It also publishes The Call Book for Match Racing for 2013–2016 and The Call Book for Team Racing for 2013–2016, and it recognizes them as authoritative only for umpired match or team racing. These publications are available on the ISAF website.

Terminology

A term used in the sense stated in the Definitions is printed in italics or, in preambles, in bold italics (for example, racing and racing). 'Racing rule' means a rule in The Racing Rules of Sailing. 'Boat' means a sailboat and the crew on board; 'vessel' means any boat or ship. 'Race committee' includes any person or committee performing a race committee function. A 'change' to a rule includes an addition to it or deletion of all or part of it. 'National authority' means an ISAF member national authority. Other words and terms are used in the sense ordinarily understood in nautical or general use.

Appendices

When the rules of an appendix apply, they take precedence over any conflicting rules in Parts 1–7 and the Definitions. Each appendix is identified by a letter. A reference to a rule in an appendix will contain the letter and the rule number (for example, 'rule A1'). The letters I, O and Q are not used to designate appendices in this book.

Changes to the Rules

The prescriptions of a national authority, class rules or the sailing instructions may change a racing rule only as permitted in rule 86.

Changes to National Authority Prescriptions

A national authority may restrict changes to its prescriptions as provided in rule 88.2.

DEFINITIONS

A term used as stated below is shown in italic type or, in preambles, in bold italic type.

Abandon A race that a race committee or protest committee abandons is void but may be resailed.

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Clear Astern and Clear Ahead; Overlap One boat is clear astern of another when her hull and equipment in normal position are behind a line abeam from the aftermost point of the other boat's hull and equipment in normal position. The other boat is clear ahead. They overlap when neither is clear astern. However, they also overlap when a boat between them overlaps both. These terms always apply to boats on the same tack. They do not apply to boats on opposite tacks unless rule 18 applies or both boats are sailing more than ninety degrees from the true wind.

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Fetching A boat is fetching a mark when she is in a position to pass to windward of it and leave it on the required side without changing tack.

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Finish A boat finishes when any part of her hull, or crew or equipment in normal position, crosses the finishing line from the course side. However, she has not finished if after crossing the finishing line she

(a) takes a penalty under rule 44.2,

(b) corrects an error under rule 28.2 made at the line, or

(c) continues to sail the course.

Interested Party A person who may gain or lose as a result of a protest committee's decision, or who...